康 樂，中國科學院院士，美國國家科學院外籍院士，歐洲科學院院士，發展中國家科學院院士，國際歐亞科學院院士，非洲科學院院士，中國科學院特聘研究員，我國著名生態學家和昆蟲學家。現任河北大學校長、中科院北京生命科學院院長、中國科學院大學生命科學院院長，中國科學院大學學位委員會副主任。長期從事生態基因組學研究，是國際上生態基因組學研究的領銜科學家、國家“973”項目首席科學家和基金委創新團隊學術帶頭人，也是國際上幾個重要學術期刊的主編和編委。他將基因組學與生態學結合，係統研究動物的適應性和表觀可塑性。在相關領域發表SCI論文200餘篇，重要論文發表在Nature, Science, Science Advances, Nature Communication, PNAS等重要刊物上，總引用6000餘次，是Elsevier選出的農業和生物學高被引科學家（Scopus 2014-2020）。是F1000的Faculty member和Advisory board member。2008年被國際昆蟲學會選舉為執行理事，2009年獲美國內布拉斯加大學榮譽科學博士，2011年獲何梁何利生命科學與技術進步獎，2013年獲美國昆蟲學會頒發的傑出科學家獎，2015年獲選美國昆蟲學會會士和第八屆“談家楨生命科學獎”成就獎，2017年獲國家自然科學二等獎和中國科學院傑出成就獎，2019年當選國際生物科學聯合會（IUBS）副主席，同年獲得“馬世駿生態科學成就獎”。2021年獲國際化學生態學會西弗斯坦-西蒙尼獎。

　　他已經培養了90多名博士和碩士研究生，10多名博士後，他們中許多人已經成為國家重要的學術帶頭人，如特殊人才計劃入選者、研究員、教授、國家青年科技獎和國家優秀青年基金項目獲得者等。

　　1. 生態基因組學 
在基因組、轉錄組以及表觀遺傳水平係統研究昆蟲對環境的適應性。 
　　2. 表型可塑性研究
研究蝗蟲多型、生態免疫、繁殖、衰老和行為的可塑性，為建立相關疾病模型奠定基礎。 
　　3. 神經生物學及行為
研究神經係統和行為對種內和種間信息化合物的識別、響應機製。

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